THE GODS By Robert G. Ingersoll Give Me The Storm And Tempest Of Thought And Action, Rather Than The Dead Calm Of Ignorance And Faith. Banish Me From Eden When You Will; But First Let Me Eat Of The Fruit Of The Tree Of Knowledge. 1878. TO EVA A. INGERSOLL MY WIFE, A WOMAN WITHOUT SUPERSTITION, THIS VOLUME IS DEDICATED. THE GODS AN HONEST GOD IS THE NOBLEST WORK OF MAN. EACH nation has created a god, and the god has always resembled his creators. He hated and loved what they hated and loved, and he was invariably found on the side of those in power. Each god was intensely patriotic, and detested all nations but his own. All these gods demanded praise, flattery, worship. Most of them were plea…
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